Can You Beat Persona 4 Golden Without Taking Damage? Part 3

It's time to seek the truth, and find out if it's possible to beat Persona 4 Golden damageless while also achieving the True Golden Ending! 3 dungeons left to go and a lot of odds are stacked against us. Can you avoid physical damage while suffering psychological damage in the progress? Let's find out!
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[@NitsuaGamer]

Okay, so after watching RagnarAlvarrGaming's run on P4G With Mandatory Battles Only, I found out why I got Naoto's Angelic Grace Skill by her fourth bike ride trip. The answer is that it was her fifth bike ride trip because apparently I did her first on October 31st. I confirmed this to myself after looking at an old file that contains my footage of the run. This is not common knowledge online apparently because people tend to help Yosuke at Junes on Halloween, but it is optional to not help him. So Naoto actually has 2 bike ride trips before the 7th dungeon. So there's your answer.

[@ckmishn3664]

I like the part of the story where the doctors say they did all they could for Nanako despite not having her intubated and not performing CPR when she stops breathing. Nothing like gaslighting a grieving father immediately after letting his daughter die.

[@craigbolton2231]

I mean, points for realism I guess

[@NitsuaGamer]

Dr Mike and Dr. Jordan Wagner: CHEST COMPRESSIONS! CHEST COMPRESSIONS! CHEST COMPRESSIONS!

[@relaxedlad821]

well tbf it is japan and 2011

[@ckmishn3664]

@@craigbolton2231 Might be realistic if she were 90 years old instead of 6/7.

[@talis2513]

@@NitsuaGamer Chest compressions chest compressions che

[@loadingname5499]

Yoshitsune during the entirety of this video: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of my power

[@talis2513]

Lesson learnt: Mind Charge + Burning Petals = OP

[@santiagoruizvalle5668]

Plus Shield Of Justice

[@TenaciousDingo]

This really is a story about Yu Kent coming to terms with the inevitability of pain. It starts with unavoidable damage, followed by extreme measures to prevent it at all costs, and ends with persevering in the face of maximum, unavoidable damage.

[@AzureKite]

When I first heard of Persona 4, I was watching a friend play it. And when I picked the game up, he pretty much immediately told me who the culprit was. It didn't ruin my experience, but it made me reflect on how persona 3 is the only game i managed to play spoiler-free, because I also got huge chunks of p5 royal spoiled to me before i got to play it. It happens I guess.

[@kame8132]

sadly i haven't made it through the later few games without spoilers

[@MrTTnTT]

When a friend of mine got Persona 4 sometime in the early 2010s, I watched him play halfway through Yukiko's castle before ragequitting. Basically the first time we saw the culprit I suspected him and said so. He didn't touch the game for years, before I convinced him to give it a second shot. The reason for this was that I checked out SuperJeenius' let's play in the meantime. He left the question of the culprit up to the audience with a number of links to small videos, letting the viewer play through the identification of the true culprit and the Namatame stuff for himself. I was really impressed that the game made me stop suspecting the culprit by that point. Years later I showed my dad the game. When we got to the true culprit -section, I had him make his case for who he thought was suspicious and only argued against it based on what the game had told us. We barely got to the culprit in the end, but we got there. I'd say this showcases how well the game does it. If you think carefully, it can only be [NPC you haven't been introduced to] or... Yeah.

[@kingteddieP4]

I actually blocked someone because they kept spoiling persona games lol. I played three “shinji isn’t a good party member because____” “Don’t use Akechi unless you have moon maxed” “The inaba killer is___” like damn dude should I even play the game??

[@MrTTnTT]

@@kingteddieP4 I mean, they are solid games with good writing, character interactions and development, so even if they get spoiled there is still a lot of value there. Obviously better without spoilers though.

[@reaperofthings]

I only managed to play vanilla P5 and P5 Strikers unspoiled. Royal got spoiled by Twitter, 3 is old and got spoiled for me ages ago, 4 got spoiled for me around the same time. I’ve not played 1 or 2 but they’ve been spoiled for me already.

[@zombiechook3402]

I got spoiled on Adachi in a somewhat amusing way. Years before I played p4 I saw some discussions online about it and the discussion turned to the end of the game. Everyone was talking about the bad ending with Namatame and how they were surprised about Adachi being the culprit. Of course, as someone who had no idea persona 4 was even a murder mystery at the time, it was so out of context that I naturally forgot entirely about it. I remembered that discussion when I downloaded p4 and read its description, but I figured that it would be fine, since I barely remembered any of it, and I had forgotten the culprits name. So of course as soon as I see Adachi's name I remembered that he was the true culprit

[@bigchocho9659]

Rip

[@brianabriggs9408]

This is exactly what happened we to me lol

[@ello7720]

This exact same thing happened to me. I tried not to think about it but every time I saw him I was like “IK UR THE ONE BEHIND EVERYTHING” 😭 the only thing that came as a twist for me was the gas station attendant. That actually blew my mind, so I’m glad I wasn’t spoiled about that.

[@RandomGirl.RandamuOn-nanoko]

I was spoiled through an Ace Attorney video of all things. There were fan made sprites of evil Adachi and it showed his name when he spoke. I didn't know about Persona at all at that point. I saw his name when I watched a play through for the first time and I was like 'That's who it was?!' I got spoiled before I even knew about the game lol. VL

[@magatsudreemurr7717]

fun fact : i played the game unspoiled on ps2 as it was my first persona game. I got the true ending on my first playthrough probably because i am obsessive and didn't want to leave Inaba so i kinda thought going to Junes for the final time would be my closure. I was pleasantly surprised and probably had themost optimal first playthrough intended experience.

[@cototototorra7106]

god rewards the curious, or somethin idk

[@michaelhall736]

It was my first Persona game as well. I always got the bad ending because I didn't know what I was supposed to do to avoid until I eventually figured it out. And I took a complete shot in the dark to figure out who the killer was and I got it right on my first try.

[@enegizedadam]

This was also my first persona game but i had watched videos with spoilers so yeah but I loved this game

[@polishedrelish]

Atlus: "See, guys! If this guy could figure it out, anyone can!"

[@Late0NightPC]

In my original P4 classic run, I got the true ending as well just because I asked what felt like a rather obvious question. WTF was up with the midnight channel? It wasn't ever explained properly, and in a game that was literally about being detectives in order to solve a mystery, it was too blatant that such a massive question must have some kind of answer. Plus while nowadays I'm so used to JRPG cliches of "here, have this mysterious power because you're the protag, enjoy", when I first played P4, I was still new to the genre, so "Why did I of all people get persona powers out of nowhere, while everyone else had to fight Shadows first?" was bouncing around my head. I really don't think the true ending is "bad design" in the slightest. It's quite excellent design, being a secret bonus that wraps up all loose ends, and relies on you actually being invested enough in the game to notice the loose ends still being left unaddressed. Exactly like figuring out the true killer requires you to realize on your own who it is, and select from an absolutely massive list of options without any real in-the-moment hints as to who to pick, the true ending requires you to keep track of things yourself, and realize something's left unanswered.

[@start9799]

I love how respectful Nitsua is to the characters. Like Rise will cast matarukaja and Nitsua is gonna be like “I appreciate the thought but that isn’t gonna help.”

[@Iceey2347]

But that would help...

[@MrTTnTT]

Marakukaja, probably. That's defense, and not gonna help in a no-damage run. Unlike attack power.

[@Jeiku07Playz]

I can't believe some of the strategies you can come up with since this game doesn't have any godlike dlc personas it's so fun to watch. Not to mention you manage to stay entertaining while explaining. Good job. I can't wait to see what you do next!

[@madbrosheo1514]

I kinda want to defend the true ending to this game. Persona 4’s good ending was meant to be the ending that everyone got on their first or second time, and it’s designed to be satisfying as well, so even if you don’t get the true ending, you won’t actually care until you realize you didn’t get it. And I just want to say, as someone who didn’t get the true ending their first time and didn’t know about the true ending until a year later, I was overjoyed that there was more content in the game I hadn’t experienced. It was very surreal, actually.

[@espurrseyes42]

This is a long ass game. It shouldn't be designed in a way that almost always forces you to play it twice to get the best possible ending. Stuff like the Velvet Sibling fights behind NG+ is one thing, but hiding an ending behind so much obscure BS like having to talk to all you SLs at the end of the game and then WILLINGLY going to the point of no return to say No and go elsewhere is crossing the line.

[@madbrosheo1514]

@@espurrseyes42 Well, I will agree that the actual way to trigger the ending is absurd.

[@masterblaster38]

​@@espurrseyes42 I mean, you have Maruki in persona 5 royal which blocks a ton of content (tho the game remembers you of his existence from time to time) Persona 4 isn't very different as I think you need Rank 6 by November 1st with Adachi in golden for the good ending. And you also have Mari which needs to be rank 10 (however unlike Adachi, Mari is available every day except rainy days I think, meanwhile Akechi is ONLY certain days and not just every monday or things like that)

[@shadowball5295]

​@@masterblaster38you don't need adachi for the true ending at all

[@masterblaster38]

@@shadowball5295 Wait really? Given how reading his card in the story for the true ending makes him go to rank 10 I always thought that he was actually necessary in golden for the true ending.

[@yukiowatanabe9232]

Yukiko bursting everything down Burning petals so op

[@Doughsick]

It's been a genuine joy watching this entire series and I'm really happy for you for completing this challenge! (Also whoever suggested Persona 3 damageless at 1:12:18, unless you mean P3P you're a monster :v ) The way you pushed the boundaries of this game reminded me of Ymfah's self-imposed challenges. That along with a Matsuoka Shuzo mentality and lovely commentary, I genuinely can't get enough of this content. Great work! I really hope this blows up because you deserve waaaay more attention. :3

[@fionnotuairisg9736]

I started belly laughing after "rejected from block five of Tarturas" such a situational joke, good one!

[@katzkinder7031]

The thing about the true ending is that it capitalizes on the emotional bond the player is SUPPOSED to make with the cast and with Inaba as a whole. You aren't SUPPOSED to want to leave. You have a large group of friends, a loving family, and many wonderful memories of this single town now. As the player, as YU, clicking "no" there IS the obvious choice if you internalized the emotional aspect of the game as intended. The way to access the true ending actually is pretty obvious... As long as you are thinking about the game from an emotional rather than a logical standpoint. Personally I think this is also in line with how a number of other important story decisions (and also assumptions you make about the characters) punish the player for making hasty ones without thinking, like with Namatame, how many social links are locked behind other, seemingly unrelated tasks, and the special weapons you can only find for your party members if you search around an area where you fought them previously. It's not bad game design. Some people just don't get emotionally attached enough to the stories they read or play to notice it's there. It happens!

[@Peeg_768]

15:45 me sitting there hoping he uses electric because it'd be funny when it drained it and gained health

[@espurrseyes42]

The themes of P4: There's truth within the fog of lies. It's no one's fault but your own if you can't see or refuse to see it, and instead choose to cling to the falsehoods to protect your own ego. Naoto's arc isn't transphobic, and Kanji's arc isn't homophobic. Them supposedly being trans and gay is how they and other people misconstrue their real issues (people being disrespected for their harmless interests, namely ones that go against gender norms, and females being disrespected in male-dominated workplaces) and choose to view themselves rather than facing the truth of things. If you're choosing to view these character arcs and bigoted, ignoring the very real and wide-spread problems that plague everyone, and choosing to make them about a select minority of people (which you may not even be a part), YOU are the problem.

[@CheshireCad]

It would be more productive to talk less about the story itself, and more about the fact that the writers of the english translation went out of the way to turn two different queer stories into "I thought I was queer, but then I got better". Yeah, their stories make sense, and they're great stories. P4 is still one of my favorite games. But those stories didn't spring fully-formed from the void. They were developed by people, and fans are understandably curious why these weirdly conspicuous decisions keep being made with the series. I don't assume there's any outright bigotry and homophobia. But Atlus seems to be laboring under this awkward assumption that their target audience is all oversensitive weeaboos.

[@gamerskingdom4897]

@Cheshire Cad i honestly never read kanji as i fought i was gay but now i realize im not he is somewhat confused about his sexuality at the beginning and still is at the end he isnt shure what exactly he is and it dosent realy matter thats my read on his character I can kinda see that read for naoto

[@CheshireCad]

​@@gamerskingdom4897 - At the very least, questioning their own sexuality/gender is key to their stories. Whereas a lot of Persona's more... "anti-woke" fans treat those aspects as something that the characters "overcome".

[@gamerskingdom4897]

@@CheshireCad oh yeah thats obvious

[@Quandry1]

@@CheshireCad In the case of Naoto it's not a matter of english translation writers altering a queer story. It's that people are trying ot make the story a queer story. Naoto has a classic "posing as the opposite gender" storyline. One that is semi-popular not just in Japanese culture but in the west as well. Particularly around the time that Persona 4 originally came out. People are retroactively trying to change her story into something that it isn't.

[@janirf7658]

Not gonna lie, I'd be up to watch the essay about Ameno-sagiri's speech.

[@CheshireCad]

You probably don't. Because there are plenty enough of them on YT already. And no matter how well-reasoned and logical those essays are, they still result in the creator being flooded with violently anti-progressive trolls, overjoyed that they've found a new echo-chamber to ruin. They're the perfect mirror of the "If you like P4 you're a bigot so shut up" tumblrina crowd. I wish those two groups would go get married and leave the rest of us alone.

[@yuri-cruiter9676]

@@CheshireCad Sub for that-

[@tlozfreak888]

Oh boy, time for suffering! Also, I will note, i accidentally stumbled into the true ending of P4 because I wanted to explore more. The game asked if i wanted to go home and i was like, nah, i wanna walk around more. I got a LOT more walking.

[@SometimesRPG13579]

I can't wait for this exciting final part!

[@MissLetCupcake]

I was also spoiled who the killer is. Half way through of my persona 4 playthrough i watched a seemly innocent video about Persona 5 Royal (which I had just finished) where the youtuber casually jokes about Adachi being the killer with no spoiler warning, nothing. I will never not be upset about this. I was avoiding everything persona related specially P4, but figured a P5R video would be safe enough. The anger I felt has no words, honestly. I will never get to experience P4 blind, because someone couldn't be bothered to put up a spoiler warning for a different game then the one they were talking about

[@cototototorra7106]

if only there was a ''spoilers'' option on youtube

[@roxasbaker]

I guess I was lucky then because I went into p4 and p5 blind was shocked more about the p4 boss since I didn’t see it coming but in p5 the game pretty much let’s us know who the final boss is without being spoiled elsewhere

[@yomiee.]

I almost got spoiled, i was half way through the game and i already knew it was going to be adachi, i just had that feelings like, "why does he matter so much to the plot, and he felt too innocent" so when i saw some random dumb ass post a video titled something like "the great plot twist of persona 4 with adachi looking evil in the thumbnail i kinda got angry, like why tf would you post a main line game series final bad guy who was supposed to give shock value on the thumbnail of you video with him obviousy looking like a bad guy. Didnt anger me that much but thiss had me annoyed.

[@yomiee.]

@@roxasbaker Spoilers, Exactly the persona 4 final boss the giant eye thingy was literally out of knowhere, i destroyed it because im a set up sweat. Persona 3 spoilers dont keep reading if you havent beat persona 3, but i used aigis for the final boss and had setups for days and destroyed all of nyx's 14 lives which people said was one of the hardest bosses in game

[@FoxflameGoddess]

@@yomiee. wasnt the (p4 spoilers) final boss izanami? the ete was 2 dungeons before her in golden if you maxed marie and 1 before her in vanilla or golden if you didnt max marie

[@isuckatgaming1873]

I got spoiled that adachi was the main antagonist by persona 4 arena ultimax - because, funilly enough, it was my first introduction to anything smt or atlus many years ago. My thing is, being spoiled that it's adachi doesn't harm anything for me - nor do spoilers usually harm my experience in most scenarios, as if a reveal is only good because of the surprise factor, then it's not really a good reveal. On the other hand, if a reveal is well done, it's a marvel to see every time I view it.

[@CheshireCad]

I went into the game blind, and I hadn't sussed out Adachi at all. Which actually made for a pretty good reveal, with his personality shift being unnervingly jarring. For me, as someone that enjoys anticipating a good plot twist, the surprise factor is a very key factor.

[@yaboihuey5298]

@@CheshireCad His personality didn’t have a shift. The adachi you saw when it was revealed he was the murderer was not the real Adachi, it was actually his shadow. You see the real adachi at the cutscene before you fight Shadow Adachi, and after you beat Ameno Sagiri. The Adachi you see in those cutscenes is still in-line with his former personality, but it has a different effect since you’re speaking to a murderer.

[@CheshireCad]

@@yaboihuey5298 - No, that's definitely Adachi's real personality. That's exactly how he acts in his later appearances, such as the fighting games. He goes well out of his way to make it clear that his clumsy doofus personality was completely fake.

[@95metalstorm]

I just realized that I didn't finish the game after I beat Naoto's palace and pretty much spoiled everything until Marie's palace. I'm such a goober lmfao. I'll come back after I beat the game. Great series!

[@Ostr0]

Not everyone knows about Marie's Place since it's Optional to beating the non-golden parts of the game

[@CampGareth]

"Or you never knew (the true ending) existed until you watched this challenge run" Exactly this dangit! I thought the video would end after the victory lap but no there's more! And I overwrote my save so can't go back easily! Gaaaaaah

[@oxygen3143]

So the way I got spoiled about Adachi was because when I was playing Persona 5 Royal (which I played before 4), one of my fusion accidents resulted in a Magatsu-Izanagi. I thought it looked awesome, and since I had used Izanagi before in my playthrough I recognized the name. I wondered what the story behind them was so I looked it up online only to see that Magatsu-Izanagi was Adachi’s persona and that he was the killer in P4. This was way before I played the game so when I saw him for the first time in P4 I immediately knew it was him.

[@scorne414]

I had very little exposure to the persona series before I started playing. All my friends were careful not to spoil the ending. I had one friend who was on call my whole first play through of P4G to answer questions for me. When I first saw the culprit I had instantly suspected him as his behavior at the time seemed the most suspicious. Granted I was mostly joking at the time, but then I got closer to the end of the game and nothing convinced me to change my mind.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Having your criminal plans discovered because of pancakes is almost as bad as having it discovered because of a pizza.

[@peroslavskarpa4198]

I never knew the last dungeon existed.... that's wow. All I can say is thank you and I'll finish watching this video once I beat that dungeon for myself.

[@KyleDoes_Things]

Yooo i feel you so hard on being spoiled on who the murder culprit is. The worst part is it wasnt even a persona 4 video, it was from.a shitpost about persona 5. I'll never live down the fact i got spoiled by a meme

[@Linkforlife199]

When I figured out who the final boss was, I never wanted to do a starting Persona run so badly in all the Persona games I have played.

[@plushiemania]

Honestly I was pretty scared that this wouldn't be possible but my thoughts were completely wrong luckily but it was still crazy that you needed to grind that much in just to be one of the earliest dungeons in the game but it was worth it

[@plushiemania]

But this challenge was really fun to watch so when I can I honestly try this with some exceptions of course so I don't have to grind my life away and so it's actually fun for me at least

[@curllum]

I got spoiled for Adachi in a very unfortunate way. I had just beaten persona 5 so I was watching a hell of a lot of persona 5 content, purposely dodging anything related to the other games as I wanted to play them. But of course, after watching so much persona5 content, something from one of the other games was bound to appear in my recommended and, unfortunately, a video of confronting Adachi in the hospital came up, and then a video with him looking all evil in the thumbnail followed soon after, so I knew he was evil. I put two and two together once I started playing the game and immediately knew he was the killer, though I did get thrown off by namatame, as I never knew he was the killer 100%, just that he was evil, so I thought he might’ve been an antagonist in the golden portion of the game. It is unfortunate though, as I know I would’ve gotten attached to Adachi if I didn’t know which would’ve made the reveal hit even harder.

[@mozzie-dono5103]

Absolutely great, I love the second wind of love persona 4 has been getting

[@PurpleDoshi]

this is my birthday

[@NitsuaGamer]

Happy Birthday!

[@bigbaer6498]

Happy birthday

[@matijastefanek6083]

Happy birthday, man! (a little bit late)

[@theswordofsacredfire6517]

Happy birthday!

[@theganoncannon8898]

Happy Birthday

[@TheBlackSeraph]

50:15 - I disagree that it's a poor design decision by the developer. The game is designed to be a murder mystery so I like how it has a True Ending that can be missed because the player overlooked a piece of the mystery.

[@espurrseyes42]

Fitting with the themes of your game doesn't make a game design decision good. See NMH2's trash final boss that ruins the experience of the ending of the game just to drive home the game's theme.

[@harryhewson2382]

There's an easier strat for the 4th Floor Mini Boss on Marie's dungeon. Use the elemental break items to cancel his elemental nulls then wipe him out with your strongest attack. The damage is MASSIVE that way.

[@SilvarusLupus]

This is going to sound weird, but I kinda like that the true ending is so hidden in this game. And I say this as someone who almost got on the good ending path in the OG game without a guide and I only messed up because I didn't pick "calm the hell down" as the last dialogue option :) luckily I did have a backup save lol Also amazing playthrough. I can't imagine how frustrating some of these fights were

[@RagnarAlvarrGaming]

Great job and deserving finish to this run! Also +1 on the club of people getting spoiled on Adachi waaaaay before they ever played the game themselves.

[@NitsuaGamer]

Welcome to the club! Let's get a big bowl of meat to celebrate being spoiled.

[@doginaboat3756]

thank you for spending all of this time making these videos! it's been a joy to watch (& congrats!!)

[@jessecantsing]

I was like 20-21 when I played golden on the vita and not only did I miss the Marie dungeon but also had no idea there was a true ending until I watched a video on it couple years ago. Excited to go back and play the game again soon and get the true ending.

[@KingDelo_]

I wish i saw these live. I really enjoy seeing you talk out your strategy in game

[@CheesyLizzy]

Congrats on beating the run! 😄

[@princesssssssssss]

Everyone told me not to let my emotions get the better of me. But nothing made me feel more rage and sadness after Nanako died. So uh, I got a bad ending cuz I sided with Yosuke my first playthrough :^) Thinking of it now, I feel extremely lucky I was capable of getting through Persona 3, 4 and 5 completely spoiler free.

[@martinkosprd2972]

Am I the only one who didn't realise there are breaker items in Marie's dungeon? (So I did the final boss of that dungeon with Yu's and Naoto's almighty attacks only)

[@medicalshoe8281]

I did the same but after 10 min of the fight I looked it up

[@hoshiooo9384]

Props to you man! what a hell of a run you've done, Respects

[@mekacrab]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks the true ending is way too hidden. I missed it in my first playthrough, I have no idea why they did that. Truly the biggest flaw of this game.

[@phantomviper211]

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on the true ending. I think that the fact that it is hidden away and only accessible by you realizing that there are still loose ends is vary on point for P4's theme of searching for the truth. Honestly I really like it when games aren't afraid to put in content that people will miss, but hey I'm also the guy who will defend to the death not controlling your party members in P3 so maybe that's just me.

[@vendettaduck1288]

49:24 this is my favourite part of the game. I love the fact that the game only gives the true endings to those who look for it i like it when a game lets you miss content. And its not like the good ending is unsatisfying only the most attentive players would get this ending.

[@OmniMon94]

I completely forgot about the bike riding mechanic Good to know that Chie can finally learn something not Bufula and Yukiko be as broken as Ann Thanks

[@IT-kone]

I feel blessed that I was saved from all the spoilers, while my favourite streamer played this game fo like two years (twice in a month or so) not too long ago. 🙏 Enjoying the story while growing attached to the game. I've since rewatched the streams multiple times, remembering the fun we had while playing it together. :)

[@SharlaBlades]

The more I hear about how people got spoiled on Adachi, the more I realize how lucky I was to avoid it during my first playthough.

[@Xiaolruc]

Conglaturation on beated da gaem wif Noh Dmag (But seriously, I'm not the only one who heard 'beated the game', am I?)

[@mythicalskeleton1546]

The final scene is just so great i cannot get over it

[@YellowNotThe]

i've never been so stressed watching a playthrough

[@sapphireblitzz7149]

I would love to see a video essay on the themes behind the game!

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

Reaper isn’t NG+ in vanilla persona 4, he’s there the whole time and even killed me in my first run lmao, good times

[@Inkastar-tz8yd]

if the fog is leaking into the real world wouldnt that mean you could use a revival bead to revive nanako? or quickly grab a persona with recarm it would be cool to see Yu shouting random personas to atempt to use revive skills

[@Tom-vx7qh]

I got th game "spoiled" technically, because I saw a clip of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax where the culprit was not only a playable character, but also had a rather sinister looking face. Luckily, I thought very little of it until the final brainstorming session where you have to pick who could've done it out of every character.

[@SpazzingEagle]

Ah I remember those streams for the envious tower... God that struggle

[@zephril922]

Awesome run man! 👍

[@pk5727]

Well, I think a lot of people just don’t care for Maria, as opposed to the message.

[@kingofhearts1951]

im so glad i watched the part at 33:24 with headphones on

[@thefloodwatch785]

Ending song will never not bring me tears

[@emoboi451]

Funny to think the hardest part was a mini boss

[@RosyMiranto]

Kanji is a Contestant of Who Wants to beat Envious Giant. His School Desk must be HOT!

[@jaketaylor4915]

The spoilers for the killer ruined it for me as well. Glad I'm not alone

[@ckmishn3664]

Watching your cat die is tough. I avoided being there the first two times I had to let a kitty go, but the last time I was holding my cat Mookie (the little one in my pfp) as he went. Still not sure if I made the right call. Also, like Dojima, I've discovered a loved one not breathing, though unlike Nanako, my wife never miraculously returned to life. That's why the one character in P4 that I really bonded with (and wish I had the choice to romance) was Hisano Kuroda. At least half the things she says I could have said about myself.

[@helixrushheart4250]

I'd kill to see you Do Persona 3 Damageless

[@SwitchStation]

Ain't no way that's possible unless he's playing Portable or FES with a controllable party members mod

[@helixrushheart4250]

@@SwitchStation Then it's time to get down and dirty. I'd say FES with a Mid to Control the party as I'd like to see him take on The Answer as it's going to be a Long Journey

[@edsylan2275]

@@SwitchStation honestly i think is more likely to be beaten in FES (even without the mod) than in Portable, FES Thunder Reign is beyond broken for a challenge like this.

[@espurrseyes42]

@@helixrushheart4250 Also the presentation of FES is just leagues above Portable, and thus more entertaining to watch.

[@gamerskingdom4897]

@Edsylan the ai would use phiscal skills it literally would be impossible remember what happend every time he acedently left the ai on in this run

[@TenshizakiN008]

"It's possible to get the good ending in P4G." *Notices this isn't even a quarter of the video*

[@vinigmoura]

39:38 ITS OVER NINE THOUSAND!!! Also, I love that the TRUE Ending is hidden, thats the whole meaning of the game, hidden truth!

[@Bulkynemesis4534]

i only got to know about the true ending 3 years after i got the normal ending on the ps2 version when i wanted to see what the golden version differences were

[@frodofranz]

So is vanilla persona 4...just persona 4 golden that you forget Marie?

[@HarbingerYT]

Marie doesn't exist in vanilla Persona 4.

[@KarbonYaddy]

As far as I'm concerned the shadow yosuke fight is considered unavoidable damage like in the final fight of the game since it's a tutorial area on how fights flow/work

[@Connor.trashy]

"I've been waiting for this!"

[@BackSlashJvb125]

i like how persona 4 handles the true ending actually, considering that you are an investigation team, you actually haveto investigate in order to get it

[@ramirezso8273]

Good video! I really loved the no-hit series. What you say about the true ending happened to me. I got the good ending, and overwrote my save file, and had to play everything again at the end. It wasn't too bad for me because I hadn't completed many social links (Marie included) either, so I planned to replay it anyway. But imagine the person who played it very well in their first game 😅

[@polishedrelish]

I feel the same way about the true route. Maybe if they hinted at you to visit junes after pressing "no"?

[@theemperor69420]

I'm playing persona 4 golden for the first tine but i seen the ending and everything but playing this game makes me want to have never seen the ending it so much fun

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

I'm currently playing Persona 4 Golden for the first time. I watched the anime first though. I'm not bothered by spoilers as I still get something out of trying the game for myself. I didn't really know anything about the story prior to watching the anime but, I was able to guess that Adachi was the true killer before the reveal. I don't know, maybe I've just seen similar stories so many times that I was able to pick up on it.

[@stevenmichel7270]

when yu used myriad truths i was reminded of the good old exodia obliterate

[@notaperson979]

Something i would love to see you do is a persona 3 fes damage less run or some persona 3 challenge run

[@gamerskingdom4897]

Fes would be imposible because of ai party members they would use physical skills but portible might work

[@nicholascooper945]

18:18 wym by this dog 🤨

[@sipsicle]

ugh… genuinely so annoying that this guy decided to say this lmao. like, you can acknowledge the slightly questionable handling of queer themes in this game without saying the game is terrible. i’m literally trans and i love this game. it’s not evil to acknowledge its flaws. idk why people get soooo weirdly defensive over some of the pretty weird stuff the game says and does lol

[@caelenbausone6254]

At least other people spoiled Adachi for you. I spoiled myself by playing BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle. I was the idiot

[@SpazzingEagle]

Oh and let's just say I gaslight my twin brother when he first played persona 4g. He didn't know who the true culprit was so... Aaah the reaction was amazing

[@krsnadasafernandez7105]

"Fuck, I also spoiled myself on youtube. The video was "Adachi transformation" or something like that, and the thumbnail was adachi in the tv world D:

[@ShursGarden]

Had a frickin' heart attack hearing "Or we could use electric" when you literally just said "And it drains Electric Attacks" 5 minutes ago

[@tespenkr9924]

I shouldn't have touched P4AU. Not only did it spoil Adachi, it also spoiled Naoto. At least the spoiler made me play the game again for answers.

[@KennyFrierson]

Gettingt spoiled by who the killer is does suck luckily it has a great story after

[@Mythical_8]

Take a shot every time Nitsua says “guys”.

[@bdhuffman42]

Door-kun is so fucking hilarious!😂

[@stealthy9156]

Defo got adachi spoiled as the culprit as a person who has used discord for.kore than 10 seconds

[@ssjsylver]

Good work lad ✊🏾

[@loppi9710]

Madman actually did it

[@somethingfunnyyt]

Idk man looks like you took damage to me lmao. Congrats on beating the challenge. You’re insane

[@RoseFielden]

I too got spoiled Adachi was the culprit from looking up videos on the game. This is my favorite Persona game of 3,4,5 and I played the other two pretty much spioler free.

[@AAAAnca]

As a certain mobile game community says, "Just Surtr it."

[@BackSlashJvb125]

9000 damage with burning petals holy shit

[@GeaForce]

Who would have thought that Nanako was the murderer all along

[@marshyboy4637]

At 20:45 I was thinking, couldn't you place magic or physical barriers on the players during the fog then when nebula oculus fires, it'd be repelled

[@killeryeet5616]

33:30 WHAT ARE THOSE SOUNDS